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Jesus (V)

V. JESUS, the son of Phabis, High-Priest of the Jews, Ananel’s successor, and predecessor to Simon the son of Boëthus. He was High-Priest but for a short time. He was deposed by Herod the Great in the year of the World 3981, before Jesus Christ 19, before the Vulgar Æra 23. We know nothing particularly of his Life.

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